LMPD investigating fatal shooting in south Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Police are investigating after a man was shot and killed in south Louisville early Sunday morning.

Police say around 4 a.m., officers with LMPD's 3rd Division responded to a reported shooting in the 1700 block of Ivy Ridge Lane, near Old New Cut Road and the Gene Snyder Freeway.

When police arrived, officers found a male victim with a gunshot wound. The person was taken to University Hospital, where he later died.

"I was asleep, my husband had woke me up around 4 and told me that there was gunshots," described one neighbor. "First he said it was just a big loud noise. Like it wasn't a gun it was just something bigger. And then he said it was three to six gunshots."

The victim's name has not been released and police have made no arrests in the case.

LMPD's Homicide Unit is handling the investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call the police tip line at 574-LMPD (5673).